Amy Byer Shainman on her IRDA Winning book, “Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew”

Resurrection Lily is a story of inheritance and intuition…of what can surface in the body and the spirit when linked by DNA. 

Continue ReadingAmy Byer Shainman on her IRDA Winning book, “Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew”

IRDA Winning Author Thom Kudla: “…you should be very proud of being an indie author. It takes a lot of courage, perseverance, and persistence…”

HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT (HWAD) is an app based on my award-winning book HOW I AM DIFFERENT. For that book, I wrote something new every day for a year and then the following year I responded to that day’s entry from the prior year.

Continue ReadingIRDA Winning Author Thom Kudla: “…you should be very proud of being an indie author. It takes a lot of courage, perseverance, and persistence…”

Advice from IRDA Winning Author Michael Warner: “Fame and fortune are slow to arrive, so you’d better enjoy it or it’ll be a long ride.”  

This rediscovered collection of Lyle Saxon’s writings includes thirty-nine of his earliest New Orleans short stories and character sketches, and brings to light for the first time in nearly a century some of the author’s forgotten classics.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IRDA Winning Author Michael Warner: “Fame and fortune are slow to arrive, so you’d better enjoy it or it’ll be a long ride.”  

IRDA Winning Author Brad Graber: “Being an Indie author requires that we do more than just write a great novel.”

Rikki, a teenager being raised by her grandmother, has a secret. She can’t remember her mother. When she tries to talk to her grandmother, the older woman refuses to engage. Frustrated, Rikki finds a family album hidden in a trunk with photos of her mother as a teenager and a young boy.

Continue ReadingIRDA Winning Author Brad Graber: “Being an Indie author requires that we do more than just write a great novel.”

Advice from IRDA Winning Author Tanya Lee: “…take advantage of the wealth of information available.”

Global warming has divided the continent. Samarra, a soldier from the barren South, has fled to a northern city where the only things growing faster than the city’s piles of garbage are extremist cults and violent gangs.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IRDA Winning Author Tanya Lee: “…take advantage of the wealth of information available.”

Advice from IRDA Winning Author Chris Yee: “Be your own fan. Write the kind of story that you would enjoy.”

Metal Chest is a tense post-apocalyptic adventure that follows Silas, a timid robot, as he navigates a war-ravaged world in search for a new home.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IRDA Winning Author Chris Yee: “Be your own fan. Write the kind of story that you would enjoy.”

IRDA Winning Author Christine Marie Frey: “I never actually decided to become an author. I truly view my writing as an outlet and a coping skill.”

Christine Frey describes her struggle with early onset psychosis in BRAIN XP.

Continue ReadingIRDA Winning Author Christine Marie Frey: “I never actually decided to become an author. I truly view my writing as an outlet and a coping skill.”

IRDA Winning Author Hilary Grosskopf: “…creating is always possible and always fulfilling.”

Awake Ethics illustrates how ten ethical principles, when put into practice with individual and team exercises, enable you to make human-centered progress at work and build meaningful connections with others.

Continue ReadingIRDA Winning Author Hilary Grosskopf: “…creating is always possible and always fulfilling.”

IRDA Author Kitty Cook: “I learned everything I know about being an indie from Instagram.”

To combat the stress of her Millennial life, Vanessa Brown steals experimental sleeping pills from work—and accidentally starts a mind-meld love affair with her coworker in their shared dreams.

Continue ReadingIRDA Author Kitty Cook: “I learned everything I know about being an indie from Instagram.”

IRDA Winning Author Joel Manners on his book: “If you think Ocean’s Eleven would be improved by some swords and magic, this book’s for you.”

When an audacious burglary goes spectacularly right, Wyn expects her young life to change for the better.  Glorious infamy and the respect and adulation of her underworld brethren will, at least, buy her a few drinks, and just might convince the other thieving vermin to keep their knives to themselves for a while.

Continue ReadingIRDA Winning Author Joel Manners on his book: “If you think Ocean’s Eleven would be improved by some swords and magic, this book’s for you.”

IRDA Winning Author Nicole Taylor: “I wrote this book to help people find their way back to themselves.” 

"A Joyful Pause" is about coming home to yourself. Work has shifting demands, home life is busy, and the world around us is changing at an unparalleled speed.

Continue ReadingIRDA Winning Author Nicole Taylor: “I wrote this book to help people find their way back to themselves.” 

Advice from IRDA Winning Author Robert DeBard: “Seek out networks of other independent writers for feedback and support.”

THE GIFT OF SIGNIFICANCE is the amazing true story of the impact combat in World War II had on a Wisconsin farm boy who went from being a football star destined to run for the Wisconsin Badgers to being trained to kill the enemy by British commandos within the same year.

Continue ReadingAdvice from IRDA Winning Author Robert DeBard: “Seek out networks of other independent writers for feedback and support.”

Jacquelyn Middleton on her IRDA Winning Title: “My books are character and relationship-driven stories about people dealing with the triumphs and disasters we all experience.”

IRDA Winner "London, Can You Wait?" is a passionate tale of secrets, loss, and ambition unfolding in London, Dublin, and New York.

Continue ReadingJacquelyn Middleton on her IRDA Winning Title: “My books are character and relationship-driven stories about people dealing with the triumphs and disasters we all experience.”